Episode 197: Go Go Gadget Knitter

This podcast is not for the young ones in your life. 

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Ep # 197

Weigh in: (projects I am working on or completed)

Finished: Bow Head band, Rainbow hat, Swap partners cloth

Frogged:  Wool Peddler’s Shawl, Ink, crocodile slippers

OTN: Sarge’s Socks, Thrummed Slippers,

Zzzz: Steel topper, Rams and yowes

NYCO: Antler Cardigan

A bit of Fiber: (spinning)

No spinning this week

Planning a menu: (Upcoming events)

SWS Swap

Ravellenic games

KITM’14

Grocery Shopping: (stash enhancement)

Window shopping only:

Cream Crisp

Noro Tayio

Snacks: (New to me patterns or designers)

Subversive Socks

Appetizer: (spotlight)

Ruisseaux for Rhinebeck

Fiddlehead mittens

Finally Some Real Weaving

Entrée: (Tech talk)

2013 Crafting in review:

24 projects finished

2014 is the year of_______!

Side Dish: (a bit of talk about our lives)

Pay it forward

Hank and Gracie Save the Day-  Audrey-lee

Christmas

Recipe book

Cookies!

Christmas Cards

Bowling and CAH

Dessert: (Favorite thing of the week)

Knitter’s Keep

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Episode 196: Merry Christmas

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Weigh in: (projects I am working on or completed)

Finished:

Vivid

Sweater

Clogs x 3

On the needles:

Sox for Sarge

Bow headband

Upcoming:

NYCO

A bit of Fiber: (spinning)

Finished:

Inarnia-

TealTember

Snacks: (New to me patterns or designers)

Hank and Gracie save the day

Appetizer: (spotlight)

Gold anyone?

Dan’s Fargo Hat

Spanish Armada for the Future

Viking Helmet for Christmas

Entrée: (Tech talk)

Double knitting

Side Dish: (a bit of talk about our lives)

Grandkids sleep over

Moving rooms

College and work

Under the wire Cowl winner

Pay it forward

Dessert: (Favorite thing of the week)

Holiday Movies

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Episode 195: KitM'13 Recap

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Weigh in: (projects I am working on or completed)

Vivid- Tin can knits

Cup cozy- my own design

Sweater- My own design

Scarf for Sarge-Mistake rib

A bit of Fiber: (spinning)

Anna Bates- Dye2Spin

ITW- Dragontamerbrat

Grocery Shopping: (stash enhancement)

Host gifts- Thank you!!

YouTube Video

Appetizer: (spotlight) KitM’13

Kitchen Goddesses: Shannon and Shirley

Massage planner: Dena

Swap organizer: Debra

Door/name tags: Michelle

Snack table- everyone!

Dinners/desserts- Recipe Thread

Wednesday: Move in day, Dinner out/in

Thursday: Intros/Warmth/ Pattern/Yarn

Finished: Under the Wire- YenforYarn in Highland Handmades Lodge

Friday: A day of relaxing and classes

Drop spinning demo- Artieknits

Needle Felted Pumpkins- LorrieU

CAH in Suite

Saturday: Busy day- Market-Yarn Tasting- Yarn pile-Door prizes- Goody bags

Pictures

Sunday: “See ya soon” and clean up

Lunch out

Talk of next year

Side Dish: (a bit of talk about our lives)

Boo “moves” out…

Storms- Thoughts for the Knitting Pipeline’s Paula and friends

Hitch and Cascadia winners

Exercise: (Real battle of losing weight)

Stairs at retreat house!

Planning a menu: (Upcoming events)

Thanksgiving

Post retreat KAL (Until Dec 15^th- Did not have to attend to knit)

Small Winter Swap with She-knits group (signups until Dec 1^st)

Ravellenic games (Starts Feb. 6^th)

Dessert: (Favorite thing of the week)

Breakfast for Dinner Changes: 6 eggs, 1 cup milk, ½ cup chopped onion, ½ cup chopped green bell pepper, omit paprika, add cracked black pepper.

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Episode 194: Two Books

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Ep # 194

Weigh in: (projects I am working on or completed)

30 day sweater- Greenwood fiber

Wool Peddler’s Shawl- North Cabin Fiber Crafts

Hat 1- My design

Hat 2-My design

Bear Paws Bag

Bag 2- My design

Snacks: (New to me patterns or designers)

Cooperative press books

Hitch

Cascadia

Appetizer: (potluck)

Convertible Mittens

Stockholm Cowl

The Requested Cardigan

Entrée: (Tech talk)

 None

Side Dish: (a bit of talk about our lives)

School

Work

Desk Shopping- Ikea, Sauder…

Planning a menu: (Upcoming events)

KitM:

Please check the forum boards for changes

Thank you to all of our Sponsors for this event!!

(you can find all links on the ravelry forum)

716knit

Ablet Knitting Abacus

Black Market wool

Blue Sky Alpacas

Briar Rose Fiber

Brittany Needles

Brown Sheep 

cjkoho

CJKopec

Cyborgs Craft room

Daizie knits

Desert Vista Dyeworks

eknittingneedles

Fiber Dreams

Fiberaddiction

Girlcave Bags

Great Lakes Hand Dyed

Halcyon Yarn

Highland Handmades

Hippiepenguin

Hornshaw Wood Works

iknitatives

Ilga Leja

Imperial yarn

Into the Whirled

Intrepid Otter

K8erpiller

Karabella yarns

Knitters nightmare

Knitting Fever 

Lahitum ex machina

Leading Men Fiber arts

Leslie Wind 

lladyllama fiber company

Madelinetosh 

Mountain Colors

nicholasandfelice 

North Cabin Fiber Crafts

Orange Flower Yarn 

Piddleloop

Quince and Company 

RJ’s QTs at Barnontheweb.com 

SheepDreamery 

Simply socks yarn Company 

Slip Stitch Studios

Sock Bunny Studio

Solar Flare Fibers

Spartickes Dyes

Stitched by Jessalu

Studio June 

Sun Valley 

Sundara fibers

That Semifero Grrl

The Plucky Knitter

The Woolery

Three Irish Girls 

Tix Trinkets

Tradewind Knitwear Designs Inc

Twisted willow farms

Uniquely yours

Universal Yarns 

Unwind Yarn Company 

WEBS 

Windingwool creek

Wonder why alpaca

Yarn Barn of Kansas

Yarn Bazaar

Zealana

Dessert: (Favorite thing of the week)

Fuzzy slippers

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Episode 193: No Knitting Police!

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Ep #193

Weigh in: (projects I am working on or completed)

Wool peddler’s shawl- North Cabin Fiber Crafts

Sangria socks- North Cabin Fiber Crafts

30 day sweater- Handspun from Greenwood Fiber Arts BFL in Tribe

A bit of Fiber: (spinning)

Spinzilla- 3980 yards of singles from 33 ounces

Keegan lane- 440

Winding Wool Creek-738

First Draft- 522

Knitters Nightmare-480

CJKoHo- 404

Art Nevau – 916

Uniquely Yours!- 480

Grocery Shopping: (stash enhancement)

Chimera

Snacks: (New to me patterns or designers)

Wrapped in Color: Stranded Knitting in the 21st Century

Appetizer: (spotlight)

Handspun Opposite pole

Laramie Wedding Shawl

Fuglies

Entrée: (Tech talk)

Dye2spin

Side Dish: (a bit of talk about our lives)

College-

Wearing of the knits

Flooring decisions

Tealtember winners:

Planning a menu: (Upcoming events)

KitM-

Sponsors:

Highland Handmades

Hippiepenguin

Hornshaw Wood Works

iknitatives

Ilga Leja

Into the Whirled

K8erpiller

Karabella yarns

Knitters nightmare

Knitting Fever

Kukaburra

Leading Men Fiber arts

Leslie Wind

lladyllama fiber company

 

Help list

Snack list

Warmth

Halos for Hope

Barn on the web

Dessert: (Favorite thing of the week)

Smoked cheddar and jack cheez its duoz.

 

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Episode 192: Purple Buffalo

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Weigh in: (projects I am working on or completed)

Finished:

 Highland Triangle shawl- Divine

Started:

Wool Peddler’s Shawl- Fall Flame

New Quarter socks- Sangria

 Thrummed Slippers 

A bit of Fiber: (spinning)

Rainbow- Uniquely Yours! 180 yards Chain plied

TEALtember- Unwind Yarn Company- 470 Yards dk- 2 ply

Grocery Shopping: (stash enhancement)

Ply magazine

Cashmere- Highland Handmades

Snacks: (New to me patterns or designers)

Sheep Wagon Shawl

Appetizer: (spotlight)

DreamBird

Fireside

Angel

Entrée: (Tech talk)

30 Day Sweater Challenge

Side Dish: (a bit of talk about our lives)

Cooties came to visit

Yarn Hollow Spin Day

Planning a menu: (Upcoming events)

TEALtember until Oct. 15th

College- Oct 1^st

30 day Sweater Challenge- Oct 1-31

Yarn in the Barn Oct 3-5 Briar Rose Fibers

Spinzilla- Oct 7-13

KitM- Nov 6-10-

Things to bring:

Sponsors:

716knit

Ablet Knitting Abacus

Blue Sky Alpacas

Briar Rose Fiber

Brown Sheep

cjkoho

CJKopec

Daizie knits

eknittingneedles

Fiber Dreams

Fiberaddiction

Girlcave Bags

Halcyon Yarn

Highland Handmades

Exercise: (Real battle of losing weight)

Doctors apt today to go over new meds

Dessert: (Favorite thing of the week)

Snap chat

Episode 191: Spinzilla

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Ep #191

Weigh in: (projects I am working on or completed)

Finished:

Boot scooting cowboy hat and boots

Baby blanket

Football hat

Brickless

Still going:

Another vivid square

Highland Triangle Shawl- Divine yarn Folk shawl book

Grocery Shopping: (stash enhancement)

TEALtember fiber from Unwind Yarn Co.

Shopping at Sticks and Strings

Snacks: (New to me patterns or designers)

Scarf Style 2

Appetizer: (spotlight)

Gin and tweed

Paintbox log cabin blanket

Tricky Bricky

Alien Autopsy

Entrée: (Tech talk)

Spinzilla

Yarn Hollow

Side Dish: (a bit of talk about our lives)

A couple weeks of friends!

Time alone, with my best friend

Dinner with friends

Labor Day weekend- Family day

Knitajourney’s own Susan Dolph

Drill weekend: A day with LorrieU

Exercise: (health)

New meds are helping.

Planning a menu: (Upcoming events)

TEALtember Until Oct. 15th

College

Spinzilla

Yarn in the Barn

KitM-

Dessert: (Favorite thing of the week)

Audible books- Styxx and Devil may cry by Sherrilyn Kenyon. In bed with a highlander, Seduction of a highlander and Never love a highlander By Maya Banks

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Episode 190: Season Six

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Season 6, WOW! Thank you for sticking around!!

Weigh in: Finished: BSJ- Cakewalk blackboard and lace weight.

Ink- Highland Handmades custom order

Vivid squares- Hand spun 30 finished

Brickless- Miss Babs yowza Biker Chick

(KAL with Knitabulls and Yarnivore)

A bit of Fiber: (spinning)

Plying for a friend

Rainbows from Uniquely yours!

Spices: (taste testing)

 Upcoming:

 Yak from Highland Handmades

Qiviet from Alaska

Planning a menu: (Upcoming events)

TEALtember-

Added prizes from Cattail knits and Livin4fishin

Yarn Hollow open studio day (Sept)

Yarn in the Barn (Oct)

KitM (Nov) Look for T-shirt orders soon.

Grocery Shopping: (stash enhancement)

Michigan Fiber Festival: Photos here

 

Thismomknits: sox stix

Snacks: (spotlight pattern or designer)

Toe socks

Appetizer: (spotlight finished project)

Cherry Blossom Shawlette

Entrée: (What has me fired up)

I.A.M.

Side Dish: (a bit of talk about our lives)

Freedom Salute

Abnormally Normal

Exercise: (Real battle of losing weight)

Walking!

Cutting out wheat

Bad Meds- good meds

Dessert: (Favorite thing of the week)

Cleaning Microfiber furniture

Cause

 Before

 After

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Episode 189: Minding my Peeves and Queue

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Weigh in:

Vivid, Ink, Socks

Portion control:

Black yarn

Fiber Exercise:

TdF Total yardage: 1671 yards plied

Easter egg by First Draft- 320 yards

Spin Monkeys- 294 yards

Fiber Addiction- BFL silk- 275 yards

Sweet Georgia on Roo

Dye day-

Grey yarn

2 oz sw merino

Cooking School:

Pet Peeve #1-

Ratio on wheel

Pet Peeve #2

Balanced Yarn

Crimp per inch

TPI

Twist angle

Balanced yarn

App- iSpin

A La Carte:

Kate Jackson

In the Kitchen:

Tomatoes stuffed with Crab

Pot Luck:

Magic Slippers

First time

My Layla

Recipes:

TEALtember-

Foot Soak!

On the Menu:

Michigan Fiber Festival- August

Yarn in the Barn- Briar Rose Fiber- October

KitM: November!

Food Sign up

Questionnaire

Warm KAL

Halos for Hope collection

Wait list information

Gadget Corner:

Stitched by Jessalu

Firefly Kaylee bag

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Episode 188: Down right Giddy

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My flickr photo stream

Weigh in:

Finished: Pillow Cover

Vivid Squares

Storm Mountain- frogged

Entangled vines

Ink

Socks

Shawl Frogged

Shawl started

Portion control:

Knitters Nightmare Fiber in Mistress Polagra

 First Draft fibers

Fiber Exercise:

TdF- Alice- Shetland Fiber in grey, spun 1970 yards

Check out the swatchers group for more info on the new spinning stuff on Ravelry

Cooking School:

Take time for you. Stretch, rest and relax.

A La Carte:

Mishellee Zaharis

In the Kitchen-

Chicken roll up:

Crescent roll refrigerator tube

Left over chicken

Aspargus tips

Cheese of choice

Sauce for chicken

Preheat oven to 375

Place crescent roll on cookie sheet.

Put chicken on roll, pour over sauce, add tips and cheese.

Roll and bake for 30-35 minutes. Slice and enjoy.

Pot Luck:

In group projects

Field Report:

 Yellow Ribbon Event

Communication is key

5 love languages

Fireproof

Recipes:

Birthday-

Flowers galore

Dinner at 616

Sticks & Strings in Lansing

Splash pad with Grand children

Lil’bears cone

4^th of July

On the Menu:

Michigan Fiber Festival

KitM ‘13

Gadget Corner:

Shawl Gem & Better than a Button from Tix Trinkets

Episode 187: It's my party and I'll Rant if I want to!

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Ep: 187

Weigh in:

Frogged:

Spider web Shawl

Started:

Garden Path Shawl- The seasons of GH

Vivid- handspun skeins

Still going:

Socks- Self dyed striping

Ink- Highland Handmades Special order

Hibernating:

Rams & Yowes- Self dyed

Portion control:

The High Fiber Diet colorway- Hippie Penguin

Sangaria Self striping- North Cabin Fiber Crafts

Ply magazine

Fiber Exercise:

A talk with my man from Highland Handmades- 365 yards

Fiber Addiction (unknown colorway)- 320 yards

 Tour De Fleece!

Cooking School:

Yarn color for your pattern stitch

Chocolate yarn:

Rocky Coast Swatch

Storm Mountain

A La Carte:

A plea to designers:

In the Kitchen:

Homemade Cheez-Its

Pot Luck:

Abalone

Round Ripple Blanket

Baby Lowe Lizzy Dress

Recipes:

Spin day & Friends

Quiet nights at home

The Potato head bag give away

On the Menu:

Yellow ribbon

Michigan fiber Festival’s

KITM

Gadget Corner:

Fizzion

 

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Episode 186: Boys and their Toys

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Weigh in:

Finished:

socks,

felted clogs

Started-

 Spider web shawl

 Socks

Dyeing yarn

4 skeins

Self Striping

Sock yarn

Portion control:

EZ Knitting workshop

Fiber Exercise:

Finished “Don’t touch the butt”- 208 yards

A La Carte:

Gimme Coffee

In the Kitchen:

Mustard Crusted Tuna Steaks

Pot Luck:

Heath

Swallowtail Memory Shawl

Mr Greenjeans cardigan

Orange and Lace Wrap

 

Field Report:

Father’s day present early

Pedi’s!

Car shopping

Recipes:

Knitting problem!

Old Fashioned days

Little bear’s 2^nd birthday- Sandbox!

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Piddly bag from Piddleloop give away 2-28

New give away- Elizabeth Quintan Design

On the Menu:

Knit & Spin Day

Michigan fiber Festival’s

Yellow ribbon

KITM

Gadget Corner:

Tix Trinkets – Shawl Gems

 

 

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